Saturday, February 4, 2017

Finding inspiration from yoga and meditation Chakras. I think at the end of last year, for me the world seemed a lot crazier than usual and very "unstable".

On an Instagram post last November, not long after the great Leonard Cohan had sadly left us, I really felt his words....... "The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold and it's overturned the order of the soul."

So, searching for alternative ways of creating personal, inner calm, I looked to yoga and meditation and their theory of internal wheels, or sources of energy, Chakras, that correspond to the massive nerve centres and organs within our body and can effect our physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual states of being.

Always a bit of a sceptic, I became fascinated. Anyway, these ideas inspired me to create some visual tags. My previous post, HERE shows the first three. Here are the next three.

Chakra No.4

The Heart

It's colour is green, and it's located within your heart. It's the centre of love, compassion, harmony and peace.

Created using Finnabair new Patina Effect Paste.

Chakra No.5

The Throat

It's colour is blue or turquoise and is located within the throat. It's the Chakra of communication, creativity, self-expression and judgement.

Created using Finnabair new "Sparks" Acrylic Paint and beautiful Metallique Waxes.

Chakra No. 6

The Third Eye or Brow Chakra

It's colour is Indigo, and it's located at the centre of the forehead, at eye level or slightly above.This Chakra is used to question the spiritual nature of life. It is concerned with inner vision, intuition and wisdom.

Created with Black Gesso and the new Opal Magic and Metallique waxes.

A step by step of how each tag was made and a full list of materials is up on the Finnabair blog HERE.